diff --git a/conversions.go b/conversions.go
index 1a77652..05fce2f 100644
--- a/conversions.go
+++ b/conversions.go
@@ -487,6 +487,35 @@ func convertInMessage(
 				return
 			}
 		}
+	case fusekernel.OpSetxattr:
+		type input fusekernel.SetxattrIn
+		in := (*input)(inMsg.Consume(unsafe.Sizeof(input{})))
+		if in == nil {
+			err = errors.New("Corrupt OpSetxattr")
+			return
+		}
+
+		payload := inMsg.ConsumeBytes(inMsg.Len())
+		// payload should be "name\x00value"
+		if len(payload) < 3 {
+			err = errors.New("Corrupt OpSetxattr")
+			return
+		}
+		i := bytes.IndexByte(payload, '\x00')
+		if i < 0 {
+			err = errors.New("Corrupt OpSetxattr")
+			return
+		}
+
+		name, value := payload[:i], payload[i+1:len(payload)]
+		fmt.Printf("Setting %v to %v\n", name, value)
+
+		o = &fuseops.SetXattrOp{
+			Inode: fuseops.InodeID(inMsg.Header().Nodeid),
+			Name:  string(name),
+			Data:  value,
+			Flags: in.Flags,
+		}
 
 	default:
 		o = &unknownOp{
@@ -726,6 +755,9 @@ func (c *Connection) kernelResponseForOp(
 			m.ShrinkTo(buffer.OutMessageHeaderSize + o.BytesRead)
 		}
 
+	case *fuseops.SetXattrOp:
+		// Empty response
+
 	case *initOp:
 		out := (*fusekernel.InitOut)(m.Grow(int(unsafe.Sizeof(fusekernel.InitOut{}))))
 
diff --git a/debug.go b/debug.go
index b59e698..d6f9fdc 100644
--- a/debug.go
+++ b/debug.go
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ func describeRequest(op interface{}) (s string) {
 
 	case *fuseops.GetXattrOp:
 		addComponent("name %s", typed.Name)
+
+	case *fuseops.SetXattrOp:
+		addComponent("name %s", typed.Name)
 	}
 
 	// Use just the name if there is no extra info.
diff --git a/fuseops/ops.go b/fuseops/ops.go
index 3579d1a..a8d8220 100644
--- a/fuseops/ops.go
+++ b/fuseops/ops.go
@@ -815,3 +815,18 @@ type ListXattrOp struct {
 	// big enough
 	BytesRead int
 }
+
+type SetXattrOp struct {
+	// The inode that we are changing
+	Inode InodeID
+
+	// The name of the extended attribute
+	Name string
+
+	// The data to for the extened attribute.
+	Data []byte
+
+	// If Flags is 0x1, and the attribute exists already, EEXIST should be returned.
+	// If Flags is 0x2, and the attribute does not exist, ENOATTR should be returned.
+	Flags uint32
+}
diff --git a/fuseutil/file_system.go b/fuseutil/file_system.go
index 302d402..9cc0fa8 100644
--- a/fuseutil/file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/file_system.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type FileSystem interface {
 	RemoveXattr(context.Context, *fuseops.RemoveXattrOp) error
 	GetXattr(context.Context, *fuseops.GetXattrOp) error
 	ListXattr(context.Context, *fuseops.ListXattrOp) error
+	SetXattr(context.Context, *fuseops.SetXattrOp) error
 
 	// Regard all inodes (including the root inode) as having their lookup counts
 	// decremented to zero, and clean up any resources associated with the file
@@ -198,6 +199,9 @@ func (s *fileSystemServer) handleOp(
 
 	case *fuseops.ListXattrOp:
 		err = s.fs.ListXattr(ctx, typed)
+
+	case *fuseops.SetXattrOp:
+		err = s.fs.SetXattr(ctx, typed)
 	}
 
 	c.Reply(ctx, err)
diff --git a/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go b/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
index a3f0142..b21e1e3 100644
--- a/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/not_implemented_file_system.go
@@ -204,5 +204,12 @@ func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) ListXattr(
 	return
 }
 
+func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) SetXattr(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	op *fuseops.SetXattrOp) (err error) {
+	err = fuse.ENOSYS
+	return
+}
+
 func (fs *NotImplementedFileSystem) Destroy() {
 }